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55 Cards in this Set
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exigency
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n. crisis; urgent requirements
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axiomatic
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adj. taken for granted
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conscript
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n. person compulsorily enrolled for milliary service
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emaciated
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adj. thin and wasted
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arabesque
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n. ornate design featuring intertwined curves; a ballet position in which one leg is extended in back while the other supports the weight of the body
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paucity
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n. scarcity
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malleable
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"adj. capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable
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e.g. students as malleable clay
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bovine
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adj. cowlike
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diabuse
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v. to free from a misconception
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dross
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n. waste; worthless matter; trivial matter
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converge
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v. to approach; come together; tend to meet
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impinge
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v. to strike; encroach
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dissemble
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v. to pretend; disguise one's motives
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blandishment
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n. flattery
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mnemonic
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adj. related to memory; assisting memory
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extirpate
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v. to root up; to destroy
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bolster
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v. to give a boost to; prop up; support
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buttress
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v. to reinforce; support
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effrontery
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n. shameless boldness; presumptuousness
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euphemism
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n. use of agreeable or inoffensive language in place of unpleasant or offensive language
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coalesce
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v. to cause to become one
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elixir
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n. a substance believed to have the power to cure ills
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discomfit
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v. to make uneasy; disconcert
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concoct
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v. to invent
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castigation
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n. punishment; chastisement; criticism
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fractious
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adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
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execrable
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adj. detestable; abhorrent
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interregnum
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n. interval between reigns; gap in continuity
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boorish
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adj. rude; insensitive
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occult
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adj. relating to practices connected with supernatural
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oscillate
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v. to move back and forth
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denigrate
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v. to slur someone's reputation
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allay
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v. to lessen; ease; soothe
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impermeable
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adj. impossible to penetrate
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ebullient
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adj. exhilarated; enthusiastic
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intimate
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adj. marked by close acquaintance
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immutable
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adj. unchangeable
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interpolate
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v. to insert; change by adding new words or material
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eclectic
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adj. selecting from various sources
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lucre
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"n. money or profits
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e.g. lucre draws people to speculate
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delineate
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v. to represent or depict
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histrionic
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adj. relating to exaggerated emotional behavior calculated for effect; theatrical arts or performance
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equable
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adj. steady; unvarying; serene
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ethnocentric
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adj. based on the attitude that one's group is superior
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cloister
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v. to confine; seclude
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abscission
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n. the act of cutting; the natural separation of a leaf or other part of a plant
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alchemy
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n. medieval chemical philosophy based on changing metal into gold; a seemingly magical power or process of transmutation
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coquette
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n. woman who flirts
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coda
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n. concluding part of a literary or musical composition; something that summarizes or concludes
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deterrent
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n. something that discourages or hinders
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denizen
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n. an inhabitant; a regular visitor
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extraneous
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adj. not essential
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overweening
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adj. arrogant
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miscellany
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n. mixture of writings on various subjects
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bebemoth
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n. huge creature; anything very large and powerful
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